---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act To Protect Sustenance Fishing"
description: "An Act To Protect Sustenance Fishing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/me"
legislature: "Maine Legislature"
session: "129"
identifier: "LD 1775"
citation: "Maine LD 1775 (129)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["WATER QUALITY", "CLASSIFICATIONS", "SUSTENANCE FISHING PROTECTIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sara GIDEON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-23"
last_action: "2019-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fb2007b-8497-47c3-b424-127dd7277a52"
source_url: "http://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/dockets.asp?ID=280074194"
source_hash: "967a2268973c8025de64e4b71e9a5e2f2161c399da2e79cce2f80244c5ff742f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-me"]
---

# Maine LD 1775 (129) — An Act To Protect Sustenance Fishing

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Adopted Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1262&item=2&snum=129)
2. **Documents and Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1262&item=1&snum=129)
3. **Final Disposition** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/getPDF.asp?paper=HP1262&item=3&snum=129)

## Votes

- Enactment — **132–4** (pass) · lower
- ENACTMENT — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sara GIDEON — primary (person)
- Benjamin COLLINGS — cosponsor (person)
- Everett CARSON — cosponsor (person)
- Lori GRAMLICH — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle DUNPHY — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel TALBOT ROSS — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph TUCKER — cosponsor (person)
- Rena NEWELL — cosponsor (person)
- Troy JACKSON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-23** Committee on Environment and Natural Resources suggested and ordered printed.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-05-23** The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES in concurrence `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** CONSENT CALENDAR - FIRST DAY
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the rules CONSENT CALENDAR - SECOND DAY.
- **2019-06-06** The Bill was PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED as Amended by Committee Amendment "A" (H-490).
- **2019-06-06** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-06** Report READ and ACCEPTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-06** READ ONCE. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Committee Amendment "A" (H-490) READ and ADOPTED, in concurrence. `passage`
- **2019-06-06** Under suspension of the Rules, READ A SECOND TIME and PASSED TO BE ENGROSSED AS AMENDED BY Committee Amendment "A" (H-490), in concurrence. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-06** Ordered sent down forthwith.
- **2019-06-07** PASSED TO BE ENACTED. `passage`
- **2019-06-07** ROLL CALL NO. 208
- **2019-06-07** (Yeas 132 - Nays 4 - Absent 12 - Excused 2 Vacant 1)
- **2019-06-07** Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
- **2019-06-10** On motion by Senator LIBBY of Androscoggin Tabled until Later in Today's Session, pending PASSAGE TO BE ENACTED, in concurrence.
- **2019-06-10** Taken from the table by the President
- **2019-06-10** Subsequently PASSED TO BE ENACTED in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-10** Roll Call Ordered Roll Call Number 252 Yeas 35 - Nays 0 - Excused 0 - Absent 0
- **2019-06-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fb2007b-8497-47c3-b424-127dd7277a52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Maine legislature records).